Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair introduced an unusual attraction, a two-speed moving sidewalk that carried visitors from the steamship pier to the Peristyle at 3 mph or 6 mph for five cents | World News
The first moving walkway appeared in 1893 at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, United States. It was also the longest ever, and riders paid five cents to use it. Separate levels let riders stand or sit while moving along the route. It ran over 1 kilometre along a pier and onwards to the Exposition…